A story, a story : an African tale
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New York : Atheneum, [1970].
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Published
New York : Atheneum, [1970].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Reading Level
LG
Level 4.2, 1 Points
Lexile code
AD: Adult Directed
Lexile measure
590

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Many African stories are called "Spider stories". This book is about how that came to be. And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky god. Ananse, the Spider man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky and went to bargain with the Sky god. The price the Sky god asked was Osebo, the leopard-of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet who-stings-like-fire and Mmoatia the fairy whom-man-never-see. This book is about how Ananse paid the price.
Awards
Caldecott Medal, 1971.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Haley, G. E. (1970). A story, a story: an African tale ([1st ed.]). Atheneum.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Haley, Gail E. 1970. A Story, a Story: An African Tale. Atheneum.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Haley, Gail E. A Story, a Story: An African Tale Atheneum, 1970.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Haley, Gail E. A Story, a Story: An African Tale [1st ed.], Atheneum, 1970.

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